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What did suffering teach you that success never could?

With all the focus on success it’s easy to overlook the valuable lessons we can learn from the more difficult parts of our journey. Below, you’ll find some very interesting insights from some of the most fascinating members of the community.

Laurie Pani

Success is comfortable, so why make changes? Suffering has taught me to take risks and dive into things head first that I never imagined myself doing. Here’s just one of many examples: I was incredibly unhappy at the end in my time in my last corporate job. Read more>>

Jean-Luc Martin

With all the questions surrounding struggles and resilience, I’m reminded of storytelling, and specifically how we develop a narrative for our shows at the Circus Center. We often follow a structure known as the Hero’s Journey, a widely used framework for building a show’s beginning, middle and end. Read more>>

Meesha Sharma

I live my life heart first, and I always have. I tend to have big feelings that I channel into artistic expression and/or loving on people. Living like this has brought me extremely beautiful experiences like deep connections, and an ever evolving understanding of what it means to love and be loved in so many different ways. Read more>>

Anthony Shane

It doesn’t cost anything and is a great investment to be a nice person and Love. And hugs can transport you to a better place. And most importantly we are our biggest priorities and investment! Read more>>

A.J. Schaar

Suffering teaches me that suffering, finally, has no permanence. To quote Olga in my interpretation of Chekhov’s Three Sisters… Read more>>

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